Not alcohol nor any known drug can permanently erase what you have seen.
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Remember that Original Star Trek episode where Spock forgets to put on the protective goggles and stares into the box containing the Medusan ambassador? A sight so hideous it causes men to go mad?
—”Remember that Original Star Trek episode where Spock forgets to put on the protective goggles”
Long before star trek...
Odysseus wanted to hear the irresistible songs of the Sirens, and live to tell.
The crew filled their ears with wax but not Odysseus!
He was tied to the mast and ordered the men not to set him free until they had safely passed the Sirens.
In this case, welding goggles might suffice?